TW411417B - Combination mouse and area imager - Google Patents

Abstract

A hand-held device such as a mouse is provided for inputting into a computer relative positional information during movement of the device over a generally planar surface and for inputting an optical image of an object located thereunder. The device includes a housing adapted to be grasped by a user and moved along the surface. A positional transducer is mounted in the housing for generating first signals representative of the amount of movement of the device over the surface. An area imager is located within the housing for recording an image of an object and for generating second signals representative of the image.

Description

Printed by the Consumers' Cooperative of the Central Economic and Technical Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs 411417 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (1 The present invention relates to a handheld pointing device such as a mouse, especially a handheld pointing device including an area image scanner. Current personal computers Mostly include a mouse, which is a type of hand-controlled scrolling on a flat surface to display the computer cursor on the screen. The mouse pointing device mostly includes a track ball or other surface contact mechanism, its rotary magnetic encoder Generate location data. The mouse device also contains a button, which can be operated by the user ’s finger to smooth the action of the green selection and drag across the screen image. The mouse device is known to incorporate a light scanner, so the image Capable of capturing from a document and transmitting it to a computer, that is, manually sliding the scanner over the document β US Patent No. 5,355,146 discloses a mouse device that incorporates a linear image sensor such as a CCD. When used as a scanner , This device is dragged on the document, the data obtained in this way is fed to the software in the computer. This device can be dragged back and forth freely Across the file several times, and the software writes the scanned image data to the appropriate place in the random access memory in response to the continuous monitoring position of this device. One of the limitations of this device is that it requires complex software to properly fit the location data The image data is related to each other. Brief description of the present invention The present invention provides a handheld device for inputting relevant position data into a computer, that is, inputting it when moving on a plane, and inputting a light image of an object located below it. This device Includes a housing that is suitable for grasping and can be moved along the surface. A position converter is installed in the housing to generate a representative device to move on the surface-4-I 1 nnnnnn. ^^ — 11. ^ — Li T 5,- 0 (Please read the precautions on the reverse side before filling out this page)} The paper standard is suitable for households (CNS) A4 secret (210X297 mm) 411417 Α7 Β7 Printed by the Central Consumers Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs Consumer Cooperatives () There is still a _area image scanner in the shell of momentum m to record the green-female sister image to generate a second signal representing the image. Since the present invention uses an area image scanner instead of a light scanner, The user can quickly get an image in one step, without the need to associate the image data with the location data. 简要 ^ Brief description FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a mouse pointing device made according to the present invention, and the device is placed on it The image of the document is obtained. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the mouse device of the device shown in Fig. Β. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the mouse pointing device, showing the horizontal relationship between the light path and the image scanner from a file to an area. Detailed description. Figure 1 shows a specific example of a device 2 made according to the present invention, its function a-mouse pointing device t and-image scanning nm from-electrical • connected to a computer 6 with keyboard and display. Installation £ 2㈣ It is in the position to scan the document located below it. 8. Press the device alone and the document is scanned by the area image scanner (not shown in the figure! (Middle) Will be green. The image can be sent from the computer 4 to the computer 6 ’and the text content of the file is entered into the computer. The input format is ASCII format when it is a text content. • When other formats of the image are recorded, the graphic information is input. The device 2 can also be operated as a mouse if it is placed on the top of a magnetic sheet or other surface and the buttons ^ and 12 are operated in a general manner. FIG. 2 shows the bottom of the device 2 in detail. The position converter includes a mouse orbit ball 21, which will transmit the manual quantity and direction of the device 2 into contact with the device 2 on the surface to the computer. The trackball 21 may be replaced by other appropriate components. — ______- 5- This paper size applies to China National Standard (CNS) A4 (2ι〇χ297 mm) E n ^ i 1 1 d ^ i · — M ^ m Tl (Please read the precautions on the back before filling this page} 411417 A7 --------- B7 V. Description of the invention (3)-For orthogonal wheels. 4 vertical converters operate in a general way, so do not Detailed description 0 ^ The opening 23 is located at the bottom of the device 2, and the image of the document is recorded through the opening. As shown in FIG. 3, the image of the document enters the device through the opening and is focused on the area image scanner 29 by the lens 27. ^ Area image scanning includes many rows and columns of light-sensitive elements. This image scanner 29 can be any type of device, such as a charge-coupled device (CCD) sensor, or a cM0S cardiogram scanner, examples of which have been disclosed in F 〇ssum, ER ,, Active Piezoelectric Detector: Is CCD a Dinosaur? "SPIE Publication: Charge Coupled Device and Solid State Optical Detector III, Vol. 1900, pp-2-14 (1993). Refer to Figure 2 Light emitter 22, such as an LED, LED array or flash can be located at the bottom of the mouse pad for document Appropriate lighting. The use of light emitters has the advantage that less sensitive and inexpensive area image scanners can be used. Proper driving electronics and amplification circuits for areas ~ like scanners can be integrated in the printed circuit located in device 2 Circuit board. Alternatively, the area image scanner can contain single-chips, which include photosensitive elements and necessary electronics, etc. Printed by the Consumer Cooperative of the Central Standards Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs --------- I ρ ^ ί ^ ι · — I— I--I \ J ^-1 -— 1 ^ 1 -I--'(Please read the precautions on the back before filling out this page) Figure 2 shows an optical correction device 24 used to record a green image At the time, the device will be aligned in the document 2. The correction device can use a correction indicator to illuminate the document before recording the green image. The correction indicator indicates the area under the device for the area image scanner to record. The correction device can be used with the illuminator. 2 2 together. Or 'correction can also be achieved by transmitting a low-resolution image to the computer at real time'. After viewing the image on the computer, the user can find the document properly under the device. From the area image scanner 2 9 Of The output signal is transferred to the computer paper (CNS) through the cable 4 (2iGx29) A7 B7 4 411417 V. Description of the invention (. Therefore, the output signal from the device can be used by the computer to reproduce the letters, or other traditional methods by the device 2 The recorded information. The shape is incorporated into the previously mentioned patents-the linear scanner is compared with a mouse in a mouse. The device of the present invention can be used. A single step to record the shadow of the green file = slide without repeating the file Scanning, in addition to the patents mentioned previously, novel devices do not require sophisticated software to correlate location data with captured image capital to ensure that the data has been properly stored on the computer's random access record. The resolution required by the area image scanner and the size of the file to be recorded are related to the desired image quality. For example, if the device 2 records an image as 8 丨 / 2 乂 1 1 leaf file, the resolution is about 2000dpi X At 100 dpi, this resolution is compared with the resolution of the transmitter. The area image scanner will require an array of about 1700X 1100 photosensitive elements. If the "device 2" is limited to recording documents that are larger and smaller than a business card, the area image scanner only requires an array of about 800 X 200 photosensitive elements. f Please read the notes on the back before filling this page) Order-Printed by the Consumers' Cooperatives of the Central Bureau of Standards of the Ministry of Economic Affairs -7- The standard of this paper is applicable to Chinese national standards ((: ~ 5) 8-4 specifications (210 乂 297 mm) }

Claims (1)

Printed by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Central Bureau of Quasi-Bureau Consumer Cooperatives 411417 β Α8 Β C8 ________ D8 VI. Patent Application Scope 1. A hand-held device for entering relevant positional information into a computer and moving it onto a flat surface A light image of the following object, the device comprising: a housing adapted to be grasped by hand and moved on a surface: a position converter installed in the housing to generate a first signal representative of the amount of movement of the device on the surface; An area image scanner located within the housing is used to record an image of an object and to generate a second signal representative of the image. 2. The device according to the scope of the patent application, wherein the position converter includes a track ball. / 3_ The device according to item 1 of the patent application still contains at least one finger-activated input device to guide the action on the computer screen. 4. The device according to item 1 of the patent application still contains a finger-activated input device to activate the area image scanner. 5. The device according to item 4 of the patent application scope, wherein the area image scanner is a charge nucleation device. 6. According to the device in the scope of patent application, the area image scanner is a CMOS image scanner. 7. The device according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, further includes an illuminator to illuminate the file to record the image D 8. The device according to item 7 of the scope of patent application, wherein the illuminator is an LED located at the lower part of the housing. 9. The device according to item 1 of the patent application still contains a light correction device to align the document within the image range of the area image scanner. -8-The paper ruler (CNS) Α4ί ^ (210 X 297 ^ ¾) I ---- 1-^ --- ^ ------ II (Please read the precautions on the back first (Fill in this page) 411417 Patent application scope A8 B8 C8 D8 10. The device according to item 9 of the patent application scope, wherein the light correction device projects on an illumination mark indicating the image field. / (Please read the precautions on the back before filling this page) Printed by the Consumers' Cooperative of the Central Bureau of Standards of the Ministry of Economic Affairs -9- This paper is a fast-moving Chinese national standard (CNS) A < 1 specification (210X297 mm) Figure 1 411417 image 3